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5.
Getting Started - PXE boot
■ Get the latest Platform image from http://wiki.
smartos.
org/display/DOC/Download+SmartOS and
unpack it in your netboot env
○ Make sure the kernel and the boot archive have the
following path: (prefix)
/platform/i86pc/kernel/amd64/unix for the kernel and
(prefix)/platform/i86pc/amd64/boot_archive for the
boot archive. (prefix) can be any path, e.g.
/tftpboot/smartos/20130724
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7.
Getting Started - Gotcha's
■ Basic configuration is stored in
/usbkey/config
○ This is limited to networking, DNS, and NTP
○ Root password and SSH config are also in /usbkey
■ /etc is non-persistent, /opt and /var are.
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8.
Disk Administration - Intro
■ ZFS is default in SmartOS
■ Pools and datasets
○ Pool: a collection of one or more virtual devices, e.g.
disks, files,..
○ Dataset: a control point for a volume or file system
■ Two commands: zpool and zfs
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